Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-17
CluYerius.s Remains &c.

The remains of Thomas J. Cluverus were
carried to The York-Riv depot at Rich
mcnd about $50 o'clock Saturday morning
and placed in g car attached 10 freight
train and taken down the country for in
terment in the family bur3iugground on Mrs.
Tunstall's farm, near Little Plymouth, in
King and Queen county. Those who accom-
panied the remains were w. B. Cuverius,
brother of the dead man; W. H. Walker, q
relative; W. r. McGeorge Fairfax Monta.
que, of Richmond, formerly of King and
Queen county; w. S. Courtney, commission
er Of The revenue for King and Queen couu-
ty. and one Of the witnesses at the trial, Dr.
J. E. Courtney, with whom the prisoner
had an office. Willie C!uverius vas deeply
affected and he sobbed aloud when the
coffin was placed on the train. The body is
said to have looked life. like, the bruised
neck being concealed from view. The
room in which Cluverius was confined prior
to his execution has not been opened since
the key was turned after he marched out 10
meet the fate awaiting him.
Before his execution Cuverius left with
his keeper, statement of what disposition
he wished made of his effects and OF the
OOrTOWeu UOOhS WHICH u6 lcII Oh his ldOIc.
The scaffold was removed shortly after the ey-
ecution took place. 1t was taken to pieces and
carried away from the Jail. The rope used was
given back to the man who made it. and it is re-
ported will be cat in pieces and sold.
Lillian Madison's trunk is still in the Sergeants
Office at the City Hall, in Richmond, and contains
her clothing and the other articles which we're
in il when it was brought down from Bath county.
The views of Rev. DR.. Hatcher tho spiritual
adviser of the condemned man. as to his guilt are
as follows When he first began to visit the pris-
oner he was strongly inclined to believe in his
guilt But, as it is tenet of the Baptists that re-
pentancc and confession OF sin to man is pre-
requisite to forgiveness by God, and as the con-
denned man stoutly and persistly maintained his
innocence to the last, he the Doctor could not
but believe he must be innocent Of the crime for
which he was convicted if he was really true
Christian.
There are many Others however who EXPIRE 5.
and believe in totally different theory. Such as
these reasons that man who could lead Sun
day school and sing psalms 50 Justify one day
and be ready to frequent houses of ll-reputo the
next; who colld write fond letters TO his cousin
Fannie at one time, and then after betraying her,
assert that he had no more than passing ac-
quaiutince with her could not be sincere be-
lever in the doctrines of Christ aud in all prob
ability an inidel, with no hope of the future
and no belief i'll hereafter.
In his book Cuvcrius stoutly maintans his in
nocence from first to last, and aludes to his cons
in and her alleged imperfeetions, as +. L. Madi
son. He does not even speak CT her as his
eolsn. as Fannie Lillian, or even as Miss
Madison, but as If she was person beneath his
contempt. only as "F. L. Madison He declares
ON one page Of the book that he had scarcely ever
known her; had never been intimate with her
and had heard more of her during his trial than
ever in his life before, while on the very next
page he publishes letter he admits to have writ
ten her, beginning Dear Lillian and signed I
Your fond friend, r. j. Cluverius" in which he |
npbrads her for neglect in not writing to
him as frequently as he thought their intima y
and relationship demanded.